Today I drove by the all-girls’ school that
I dreamed we would send our daughter to – if we had had one.
It put a little smile on my face imagining
her in her brown and blue jacket and brown and tan striped skirt heading into
school ready to learn all sorts of amazing things. I like to think about what
extra-curricular activities she might have been involved in – arts, debating,
music, outdoor activities, or environmental conservation. Who knows what she
would have been interested in!
One of my work colleagues from years ago
went to this school and it was from meeting her that I began to admire it. My
colleague was outgoing, intelligent, unique, and the school had encouraged her
to pursue her interests and not just go and get whatever university degree and
get whatever job. She is now overseas working as a senior lecturer in the area
that is her great love and joy.
It seems to me that the school works hard
to encourage their students to be themselves, to pursue their own interests,
and not to get bogged down in what anyone says they “should” do.
I would have wanted my daughter to have
every opportunity to follow her dreams and not do something just because “society”
said she should. I would have wanted her to have a fulfilling life with many
adventures of her choosing.
This school would have helped my daughter
to be all she could be while staying true to herself.
I like to imagine that and to picture her
starting off as a little girl, going through primary school, growing into a
young woman, and then moving off into the world. I would have loved to see what
she would have done and become.
Chances are I will never set foot on the
grounds of this school without a daughter.
And in reality it is doubtful we would have
ever gone there even if we had a daughter – the fees are quite considerable!
Still – it’s nice to think about how, in a
perfect world, my daughter would have had the perfect education.
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